Bug 32200

Summary:	rtl8192eu module fails to build with 6.4.9 kernel
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Thomas Andrews <andrewsfarm>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	QA Team <qa-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	marja11, nicolas.salguero, sysadmin-bugs
Version:	9	Keywords:	advisory, validated_update
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	MGA9-64-OK
Source RPM:	dkms-rtl8192eu-4.4.1-1.20221105.2.mga9.src.rpm	CVE:
Status comment:
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	32813

Description Thomas Andrews 2023-08-29 04:14:59 CEST

Description of problem:

The rtl8192eu module fails to build with the 6.4.9 desktop kernel that was shipped with the Mageia 9 Official isos.

Discovered when updating a (Mageia 9)Cauldron install that had not been run in quite a while to Mageia 9. I have not tried it with a new install, but I have no reason to think that would make any difference.

Comment 1 Lewis Smith 2023-08-29 20:13:41 CEST

Thanks for the report.

Assigning to kernel/drivers.

Assignee: bugsquad => kernel

Comment 2 Thomas Andrews 2023-09-17 04:29:20 CEST

The module also fails to build with the proposed 6.5 series kernel. (bug 32296)

Comment 3 Nicolas Salguero 2023-09-27 11:49:07 CEST

Hi,

Can you try dkms-rtl8192eu-5.11.2.1-1.20231111.1.mga9 to see if it builds and works with kernels 6.4 and 6.5, please?

Best regards,

Nico.

CC: (none) => nicolas.salguero

Comment 4 Thomas Andrews 2023-09-28 04:10:47 CEST

I had removed dkms-rtl8192eu from the system, because it was trying to build the module every time I booted. This system had been updated to kernel 6.5.3, but kernel 6.4.9 had not been removed.

I booted into the 6.4.9 kernel, and used qarepo to get the dkms-rtl8192eu test rpm, then install it. The module built successfully, and I was able to use it with no errors.

I rebooted into kernel 6.5.3, and the module was built and install during the boot. After, wifi came up automatically, and functioned normally.

Nicolas, if you would re-assign this to QA, I will OK and validate.

Comment 5 Nicolas Salguero 2023-09-28 09:49:31 CEST

Suggested advisory:
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The updated package allows rtl8192eu module to build and run with kernels 6.4 and above.

References:
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32200
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Updated package in core/updates_testing:
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dkms-rtl8192eu-5.11.2.1-1.20231111.1.mga9

from SRPM:
dkms-rtl8192eu-5.11.2.1-1.20231111.1.mga9.src.rpm

Assignee: kernel => qa-bugs
Status: NEW => ASSIGNED
Source RPM: (none) => dkms-rtl8192eu-4.4.1-1.20221105.2.mga9.src.rpm

Comment 6 Thomas Andrews 2023-09-28 13:41:19 CEST

Validating. Suggested advisory in comment 5.

Keywords: (none) => validated_update
CC: (none) => sysadmin-bugs
Whiteboard: (none) => MGA9-64-OK

Marja Van Waes 2023-09-30 14:47:41 CEST

Keywords: (none) => advisory
CC: (none) => marja11

Comment 7 Mageia Robot 2023-09-30 21:18:11 CEST

An update for this issue has been pushed to the Mageia Updates repository.

https://advisories.mageia.org/MGAA-2023-0079.html

Status: ASSIGNED => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED

Nicolas Salguero 2024-03-01 10:35:23 CET

Blocks: (none) => 32813